The Presidency of Donald J. Trump: Harm to Ongoing Matter - Page 522 - Politics and Economics

So he keeps saying $91B to Puerto Rico but the best I can tell it’s more like $300M

And in the 9 days following the hurricanes, Texas got $100M in aid and PR only $6M or 6% as much even tho it was more devastating.

04-02-2019 , 12:45 PM

#13027

superleeds

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 4,180

Quote:

Originally Posted by microbet

Scan documents into separate pdfs? Like one 50-page doc scanned to 50 separate PDF files?

So someone just made that up right? Someone really stupid.

Yeah I was thinking this. I mean it can make sense if your extracting parts in other programs, maybe, possibly. But for government docs?

04-02-2019 , 12:52 PM

#13028

TheHip41

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Kafja

meta stuff:

This is easily the worst thread on the forum. All that happens is the bot posts, bumping it to the top, which is then followed by 3-5 people trying to EPIC PWN Trump (often directly addressing him, 'Uh, hey moron...') by pointing out he is stupid, racist, or crooked - things absolutely everyone knows already.

There is no barely any ongoing conversation. Whenever one starts, it will be interrupted by a bot tweet from the stupid president, so the discussion has to be halted for the mandatory 3-5 sub-Daily Show level slams. Rinse and repeat forever.

Get rid of the bot. People can still post tweets in the thread the 5-10% of the time when they're actually newsworthy.

The bot is the only reason for the thread

04-02-2019 , 12:54 PM

#13029

metsandfinsfan

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The bot is awesome

You all don't want real discussion so no idea why anyone is complaining

04-02-2019 , 12:55 PM

#13030

dinopoker

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Bot should 100% stay but the undertitle should be changed either to "No Collusion" or to "I'm President, and you're not."

04-02-2019 , 12:56 PM

#13031

Paul D

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Pouting isn't a flattering look.

04-02-2019 , 12:59 PM

#13032

suzzer99

Save the Cheerleader, Save the World

Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 99,984

I vote keep the bot. It keeps us grounded to the surreal reality of what 40% of the country is thinking right now.

04-02-2019 , 01:01 PM

#13033

suzzer99

Save the Cheerleader, Save the World

Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 99,984

Quote:

Originally Posted by metsandfinsfan

The bot is awesome

You all don't want real discussion so no idea why anyone is complaining

Feel free to start a real discussion any time.

04-02-2019 , 01:04 PM

#13034

MrWookie

Don't Call Me Meredith

Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 94,159

Quote:

Originally Posted by metsandfinsfan

The bot is awesome

You all don't want real discussion so no idea why anyone is complaining

Sorry this thread doesn't live up to the high standards of posting links to hate groups on Facebook without commentary.

04-02-2019 , 01:12 PM

#13035

ScreaminAsian

For President

Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 33,333

Quote:

Originally Posted by suzzer99

Feel free to start a real discussion any time.

04-02-2019 , 01:17 PM

#13036

uDevil

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Nicholasp27

I never heard of Hogan Gidley but he repeats the $91B lie too.

https://twitter.com/chrislhayes/stat...13825090338819

04-02-2019 , 01:18 PM

#13037

Kafja

adept

Join Date: Dec 2013 Posts: 941

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheHip41

The bot is the only reason for the thread

the bot didn't exist till mid-2018 and the Presidency of Trump threads before that were a lot better.

Quote:

Originally Posted by MrWookie

Seems like a reasonable compromise is to ask people to us the ignore function on the bot if they don't like it, and to ask posters to not quote the bot unless they have something more substantive to add than, "**** you, Mr. President," "I have spotted a misspelling!" or "OMG I thought he was stupid but this is a new low."

yeah, that's fine. seems like there's a small majority in favor of the bot. I think for as long as it exists there will always be a ton of bad, performative 'Hey Mr Brain Genius, are you aware...' drumpfposting following after it, but I should prob just use the ignore button more I guess.

04-02-2019 , 01:20 PM

#13038

markksman

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Kafja

the bot didn't exist till mid-2018 and the Presidency of Trump threads before that were a lot better.

yeah, that's fine. seems like there's a small majority in favor of the bot. I think for as long as it exists there will always be a ton of bad, performative 'Hey Mr Brain Genius, are you aware...' drumpfposting following after it, but I should prob just use the ignore button more I guess.

Nobody is stopping you from your hot take trump discussions of depth and substance.

04-02-2019 , 01:23 PM

#13039

superleeds

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 4,180

Keep the bot

04-02-2019 , 01:23 PM

#13040

uke_master

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I for one would love to see kafja's insightful deep dives beside trump tweets and dunks. But if i can only have one I want the tweets and dunks.

04-02-2019 , 01:23 PM

#13041

markksman

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Nicholasp27

I think people have noted trunp’s aneyeurism on Puerto Rico is he is conflating damage estimates with relief paid out.

I know this doesn’t need to be said, but the guy is not smart. He believes aid to Puerto Rico is foreign aid.

04-02-2019 , 01:24 PM

#13042

markksman

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Kafja

You are not a good poster.

04-02-2019 , 01:32 PM

#13043

Louis Cyphre

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1. Kafja is right
2. I vote for separate threads. Important tweets can still be quoted in this thread.

04-02-2019 , 01:34 PM

#13044

markksman

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More from Rick Reilly’s book

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In another story, Trump is playing with former Lakers coach Mike Dunleavy against two other players. Unhappy with Dunleavy’s approach shot, Trump nudges Dunleavy’s ball onto a more favorable spot on the green. (Trump strategically kicks so many golf balls that the caddies call him “Pelé.”)

Dunleavy doesn’t want the help. He wants to play by the rules. “That’s why he’s an unemployed coach and I’m worth $13 billion,” Trump says.

I feel like that is Trump’s highest fake valuation of himself ever. He must have really been feeling the brand that day.

Quote:

Trump, Reilly reports in Commander in Cheat, plays golf like a maniac, hitting off the tee first and then racing down the fairway in his cart. This tic allows Trump to cheat, as he often simply plays someone else’s ball, or kicks his onto the fairway. In one story in Commander in Cheat, Trump’s playing partners watch him hit his ball into the water. But when they reach Trump, they find his ball has conveniently turned up on the fairway. “Must’ve been the tide,” Trump says.

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One of Reilly’s most fruitful obsessions is poking at the number of club championships Trump claims to have won at courses he owns. (At last count, Trump claimed 20.) In one memorable case, Trump’s Bedminster, New Jersey, club was holding its senior club championship. The same day, Trump played a round at another course, Trump Philadelphia. According to Reilly’s sources, Trump took his Philadelphia score—which was probably fudged, in any case—transposed it to Bedminster, and declared himself Bedminster’s club champion.

Quote:

Every one of Trump’s most disgusting qualities surfaces in golf. Racism: When playing golf with Reilly, Trump handed $100 tips to Chilean course workers and says, “Now, those guys are the Donald Trumps of Chile!” Ecological terror: A caddy tells Reilly that Trump’s golf cart once contained a can of red spray paint, and that Trump marked trees his balls hit with a red “X.” The trees were removed the next day.

Donald Trump’s of Chile.

Last edited by markksman; 04-02-2019 at 01:42 PM.

04-02-2019 , 01:34 PM

#13045

ScreaminAsian

For President

Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 33,333

i'm sorry if you feel that someone else posting dumb stuff stops you from posting smart stuff, but donald trump is Our President and we're going to have to deal with a lot more dumb stuff before this is all over.

04-02-2019 , 01:47 PM

#13046

Noze

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Honestly, I didn't realize the insane volume and breadth of the stupidity until the bot started. It's what America deserves.

04-02-2019 , 02:02 PM

#13047

smacc25

veteran

Join Date: Dec 2014 Posts: 2,969

Peeps been posting less since the new rules came into effect and most posters in the old thread just skimmed by the tweets, alough I now realise some thought they were parodys

I personally wouldn't vists a T TWEET thread only, I mean who would do that ffs. And I'm British lol.

04-02-2019 , 02:31 PM

#13048

Hired Goons2

adept

Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 874

This thread is the first thing I read in the morning and I am not bothered by and have not noticed the sophomoric/tedious posting. Would prefer things stay the same, but whatever.

04-02-2019 , 02:39 PM

#13049

Max Cut

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Please modify bot to include a “**** you” rebuttal to each tweet.

04-02-2019 , 02:43 PM

#13050

prana

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People venting at the bot is way less annoying than multiple pages of off-topic arguing that is not related to Trump which happens at least once a month.

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